Special counsel Jack Smith brought a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, charging the same four felonies he did one year ago over allegations the former president illegally attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
The indictment is slightly shorter than the previous one Smith brought last August, as the special counsel excised portions of it after the Supreme Court ruled in July that some of the initial indictment included activity protected by presidential immunity.
The superseding indictment “reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions in Trump v. United States,” prosecutors with Smith’s team wrote in the 36-page document.
Prosecutors said the grand jury that heard evidence for the new indictment was different from the last grand jury and “had not previously…
